Hans Geiger, counting.A string-theory quartet.Cleaning the clean room.A physics haiku in Chinese."Damn Particles", 145 cartoons about physics, is the second book in a limited series of cartoon collections on the individual sciences by S. Harris ("Eureka! Details to Follow", the chemistry collection, was the first) The cartoons of S. Harris have appeared in periodicals for many years and he has had more than twenty collections of his cartoons published. Most of the cartoons in this book hav...

If you're a literature fan looking for laughs, look no further. This collection of cartoons - many previously published in The New Yorker, American Scientist, Punch, Playboy, The Critic, even the Wall Street Journal - will make you think, maybe even think twice, and very likely make you laugh out loud. We could say more, but why waste words. The cartoons between these covers speak for themselves.

In this unexpectedly refreshing look at today's most inconvenient truths, acclaimed cartoonist Sidney Harris looks at global warming, with a little help from his friends. Featuring never-before-seen work from artists like long-time New Yorker contributors Matt Diffee, Sam Gross, and Lee Lorenz, among others, 101 Funny Things About Global Warming makes light of hot-button environmental issues, like unreliable hybrid cars, pie-in-the-sky alternative energy sources, and the existenti...

Sidney Harris has drawn 35,000+ cartoons for The New Yorker and American Scientist. Though not a scientist, his wry wit tackles physics and the Big Bang with "more than a little" knowledge. He explores the irony of life from his New Haven studio.

An in-depth look at the theories behind the most intriguing puzzles in physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, and astronomyIn The Five Biggest Ideas in Science, authors Arthur W. Wiggins and Charles M. Wynn discussed science's most important current ideas. Now, they tackle the questions that science has been unable to answer-so far. Choosing one unsolved problem from each discipline, they explore the current scientific thinking behind these questions: How are particle masses de...

Dive into the world of Emily Hale who hadn't planned on returning to Willow's End.

A Canadian mobster gets his day in court in this comic crime novel by the author of The Weird World of Wes Beattie.Cranky beyond his years, Canadian lawyer Sidney Grant has a loathing for social hypocrisies and a fondness for poking at them. And his smart-alecky new bride June feels much the same way. Now both are brimming with indignation when Vince Lamberti gets blamed for the murder of a rich old lady.It's not that Vince is exactly innocent. He ...

A disreputable lawyer is out to prove his lying client is no killer in this classic Canadian mystery: "Very exciting and full of excellent comedy" (P.G. Wodehouse).A timid young man from a quiet Toronto suburb, no one would pay much attention to Wes Beattie if it wasn't for his tendency to lie. And now the whole world is watching Wes, because he's finally gone too far. His uncle has been bludgeoned to death, and the weapon is covered in his fingerprints. But even as...

THE CLUBHOUSE VOLUME IICOMPILED BY CRYSTAL COOKWITHIN THESE PAGES YOU WILL FIND TERRIFYING SHORT STORIES FROM THIRTEEN OF THE HOTTEST HORROR AUTHORS OUT THERE.THIS ANTHOLOGY IS A GRAB BAG OF TASTY TREATS, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THAT THE GENRE HAS TO OFFER.ROWLAND BERCY JR. – AARON LEBOLD - MATTHEW VAUGHN – MIKE HARRIS – SIDNEY SHIV - SARAH DEROSA - CURTIS M. LAWSON - JESSIKA WILSON - THOMAS R CLARK -R.J. DALY – ASH ERICMORE - MATTHEW A. CLARKE - RYAN C. ...

Get the straight, scientific story on things like astrology, ghosts, spontaneous human combustion, psychic surgery, and ESP. You hear about these fantastic happenings every day on television and in the supermarket tabloids. Is any of this true or are they making it all up? While many people tune in just for laughs, plenty of readers believe their outrageous claims - often because they simply don't have a clear notion of what science really is. So how do you figure out what constitutes real...

Company B had on its rolls, from first to last 151 names, and with the regiment took part in nearly all the great infantry battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia. Its death loss was; 17 killed in action, 15 mortally wounded, 28 died from disease and one accidentally drowned. Forty-eight were wounded and recovered, many of them maimed for life; three deserted and one enlisted in the Federal army while in prison. It surrendered May, 1, 1863, at Greensboro N. C.: Two commissioned off...

Originally published in 1955. This book, written by two men with experience of teaching management under both British and American conditions, examines various tried and tested techniques of management education. Its primary focus is on the case study approach to management education, including the writing of case studies and running a case study session, as a means of stimulating students to take an active part in the learning process.